For the Last Class of English 52

For the Last Class of English 52

We've talked all term--
of the slashed mouths
on posters, the large
red lips of mothers,
the purplish hue
of these same lips
in a white room lit
by flourescent tubes;
of franchised food, the eyes
of cows in Iowa, guilt,
greatness, God, "nobility
of soul at odds with
circumstance," the spirit
and the flesh; of a blue
unused shotgun shell
at the edge
of a yellow field in
Indiana; of dogs, cats,
worms, snakes and slugs;
of razor blades hidden
inside apples;
of childless fathers.

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